| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | James Iredell |
| Namesake | James Iredell |
| Operator | Agwilines Inc |
| Ordered |
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| Yard number | 45 |
| Way number | 9 |
| Laid down | 25 October 1942 |
| Launched | 29 November 1942 |
| Acquired | 1943 |
| Commissioned | 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1944 |
| Stricken | 23 October 1943, inNaples |
| Fate | Scuttled on 8 June 1944, to protectOmaha Beach |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Crater-classcargo ship |
| Displacement | 4,023 t.(lt) 11,565 t.(fl) |
| Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
| Propulsion | reciprocatingsteam engine, single shaft |
| Speed | 12 kts. |
| Complement | 206 |
SSJames Iredell (MC contract 867) was aLiberty ship inWorld War II that was attacked inNaples and scuttled on June 8, 1944, to protectOmaha Beach.
SSJames Iredell had its keel laid down on 25 October 1942, by theNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Company, ofWilmington, North Carolina. She was launched on 29 November 1942. She suffered minor damage while in a convoy in 1943.
She was quickly repaired, and bombed inNaples, on 23 October 1943, with three direct hits.[1][2][3] The gasoline the ship was transporting caught on fire and the ship was abandoned. The fire burned for 64 hours, but there were no casualties among the 44-man merchant crew, the 28-manUnited States Navy contingent, or the 28 passengers.[4]
She was repaired, and was sunk as ablockship offOmaha Beach on 8 June 1944.[5]
The SS James Iredell, a veteran of the Mediterranean campaign, was one of the first ...
The SS James Iredell seemed to have a charmed life. She made it back after sustaining a torpedo attack, three direct bomb hits, concussion damage from an ...
On October 23 bombs fell within 200 yards of the ship and on October 23 she was present when the Joseph T. Robinson and the James Iredell were hit by enemy bombers.[permanent dead link]
German planes raid shipping off Naples, Italy; U.S. freighter James Iredell is hit by three bombs that set alight the ship's gasoline cargo. Although the ship is abandoned and the fire burns for 64 hours until it is ultimately put out, there are no casualties among the 44-man merchant crew, the 28-man Armed Guard or the 28 passengers.
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